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| title: 'DirectoryExpander' |
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| Expands directories created by [`ctx.actions.declare_directory`](../builtins/actions#declare_directory) during the execution phase. This is useful to expand directories in [`map_each`](../builtins/Args#add_all.map_each). |
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| ## Members |
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| * [expand](#expand) |
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| ## expand |
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| ``` |
| list DirectoryExpander.expand(file) |
| ``` |
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| If the given `File` is a directory, this returns a list of `File`s recursively underneath the directory. Otherwise, this returns a list containing just the given `File` itself. |
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| ### Parameters |
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| | Parameter | Description | |
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| | `file` | [File](../builtins/File); required The directory or file to expand. | |
